Thousands of fireworks, enjoy the joy from Honkai Impact 3

Just when Mei Raiden was sitting alone on the rooftop, feeling sour and aggrieved.

A lively and energetic voice came from the entrance of the rooftop, instantly dispelling all the negative emotions in Raiden Mei's heart.

A girl with long white hair braided into two pigtails, sky-blue eyes that seemed to reflect the entire sky, and full of energy and enthusiasm, ran up to the rooftop from the stairs.

"Kiana, it's too late."

Even though her heart was filled with joy, when she saw the girl hurriedly running up from the rooftop entrance, Raiden Mei still pretended to complain.

"Ahaha, sorry, sorry, I should have come a long time ago, but was delayed by other things. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Mei."

Rushing to Mei Raiden's side, Kiana scratched her head with a silly smile.

"Please sit down and eat first. We don't have much time for lunch break. I made today's meal myself. I practiced very hard."

Looking at the silly-smiling Kiana with a gentle expression, Mei Raiden put the larger of the two lunch boxes in her hand into Kiana's hand.

"Wow! I've been looking forward to Mei's cooking all morning. This must be delicious."

He opened the lunch box impatiently, and what came into his eyes was a somewhat horrific scene.

There were stir-fried vegetable leaves that were already a little yellow, a slightly burnt poached egg, two green broccoli florets, tomatoes cut into pieces of different sizes, and white rice that was at least cooked but looked dry and stuck in the throat.

Such a miserable lunch box made Kiana's face, which was full of surprise, freeze for a moment.

"Well, maybe it wasn't done well."

Without noticing the instantaneous change on Kiana's face, Mei Raiden only looked at her own masterpiece in the lunch box and lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly.

"How could that be? I like everything Mei cooks. I didn't even have breakfast today because I was waiting for Mei's lunch. Now, let's get started."

Giving Mei a bright smile, Kiana picked up the chopsticks and picked up the slightly burnt fried egg first.

Deliberately avoiding the darkest part, Kiana took a bite and tasted a bit burnt and bitter, but at least a little bit of the taste of fried egg remained in her mouth.

"How, how is it?"

Chewing the bitter and burnt fried egg in her mouth, Kiana looked up and met Raiden Mei's expectant eyes.

"Yeah, Mei's cooking is the best."

Swallowing the fried egg in her mouth with difficulty, Kiana gave a thumbs up, her smile still bright.

This lunch box is simply the essence of happiness, it's so disgusting.

Thunder in the Sky: Chapter 9: My Mei

Well, although it is a bit unpalatable, at least the food is cooked and it won’t kill you.

Moreover, compared to this bento, the black tea brought by Mei Raiden has a unique flavor, and it is barely swallowable with the dry rice.

The only problem is that the portion of this lunch box was a bit too much. After finishing the whole box, Kiana's stomach was so full that she could only lie on the chair and didn't want to move at all.

"Um, Kiana, is it not delicious? You deliberately said nice things to comfort me."

Looking at Kiana slumped in the seat, stroking her round belly with an uncomfortable look on her face, Raiden Mei pursed her lips hesitantly.

"No, no, Mei's cooking is the best."

He quickly shook his head. How could Kiana hate the food cooked by Mei Raiden?

In Kiana's heart, the dishes cooked by Mei Raiden must be the most delicious.

"But you weren't like this before, and you didn't eat much this time. You would only be half full after eating such a small amount before."

Looking suspiciously at Kiana who was shaking her head quickly, Mei Raiden looked very unconfident.

"Uh, it's probably because I didn't eat breakfast. My stomach contracted for a while and I couldn't eat that much. I won't be like that next time."

I almost forgot that Kiana is also a big eater.

Although the lunch box just now looked like a lot, it was definitely not enough for Kiana to eat as much as she did.

"Really, Kiana, you have to take care of yourself. It's not good to go hungry and not eat breakfast. I'll bring you breakfast next time."

With a helpless sigh, Mei Raiden accepted Kiana's statement.

After all, if it really tasted bad, why would he have eaten it all in one go? It must be because he skipped breakfast, which made his stomach upset and he couldn't eat lunch.

"Um……"

"Mei, I've been waiting for a long time. I'm here."

Before Kiana could even utter a response, a familiar, cheerful voice echoed from the rooftop entrance.

Following the voice, a lively girl with white pigtails ran up hurriedly.

Does this scene look familiar?

"Kiana, hey! There are two, eh?"

Hearing the sound coming from the rooftop entrance, Mei Raiden looked over with some surprise. The familiar figure that came into her sight made Mei Raiden's eyes widen in astonishment.

Looking at the girl with pigtails at the rooftop entrance on her left, and then at the identical girl sitting on her right, Raiden Mei looked left and right, with a clear and 'wise' light in her eyes.

"Who are you? Why are you sitting next to Mei?"

Kiana hurriedly ran to the rooftop and saw the figure sitting next to Raiden Mei at a glance. Without even seeing who that person was, Kiana immediately started questioning.

"I'm the one who's asking you, who are you? Why do you look so much like me? Who are you?"

Sky-blue eyes met another pair of sky-blue eyes. 'Kiana' who was sitting next to Mei stood up, put her hands on her hips, and questioned Kiana who was standing at the entrance of the rooftop.

"Of course I'm Kiana Kaslana, and you're, eh! Me?"

Faced with the questioning, Kiana puffed out her chest, put her hands on her hips, and announced her name with great momentum.

After giving her name, Kiana was about to ask who this thieving cat was when she saw someone standing there who looked exactly like her, even in the same exact position as hers: hands on hips.

This made Kiana's sky-blue eyes widen suddenly, revealing a hint of clear stupidity.

"Haha, Kiana, there's no place for you here anymore. Meiyi is already mine, and I've already eaten the lunch box Meiyi made."

Looking at the stunned look on Kiana's face, 'Kiana' reached out and hugged Mei Raiden beside her, with a smug expression on her face. She picked up the empty lunch box and waved it towards Kiana on the opposite side.

"Ah, Mei, Mei is not yours, Mei is mine, you fake."

Seeing Kiana making advances towards Mei Lei, Kiana couldn't even be surprised. Without a word, she pounced directly towards Kiana and Mei Lei who were sitting on the chair.

Before Kiana pounced, 'Kiana' supported Raiden Mei's shoulder with her left hand, flipped over and jumped to nimbly avoid Kiana's attack, and went around behind the bench on the rooftop.

Kiana, who failed to pounce on Kiana, was not discouraged. She hugged the still dizzy Raiden Mei and rubbed her whole body against Raiden Mei.

"Mei Meiyi, my Meiyi, hehehe."

Kiana hugged her favorite Raiden Mei, and she no longer cared about the 'Kiana' who looked exactly like her beside her. She buried herself in Mei's body.

The female bronze of Honkai is so terrifying.

"Okay, okay, Kiana, let me go first."

He patted Kiana's back comfortingly. If she couldn't tell who was Kiana before, now, Raiden Mei knew that the one in her arms was Kiana.

After all, the real Kiana would never watch herself being hugged by someone else, she would definitely be jealous.

But the 'Kiana' behind him was looking at this side with an expression of enjoying the show, which was obviously not an expression Kiana would show.

"you……"

After struggling for a while, Mei Raiden finally separated from Kiana.

After tidying up her messy clothes, Mei Raiden turned around and looked behind her with a serious face. She saw Hanabi who had turned back to her original appearance at some point.

Although she already knew that this person had just disguised herself as Kiana and tricked her into giving her a lunch box, Mei Raiden couldn't feel any ill will towards her.

In fact, Mei Raiden is very clear about her cooking skills. It's not like she has a taste bud disorder, so how could she not know whether the food she cooks is delicious?

But this person just finished eating it all in one breath and kept praising the food he cooked. Maybe there was an element of acting in it.

But she was also the only one besides Kiana who ate her own unpalatable food and praised herself.

No matter what purpose such a person has, Mei Raiden feels that at least she is not a bad person.

However, when she saw the teasing smile on Spark's face, Raiden Mei didn't know what to say for a moment.

She didn't even know the man's name, and the way she was dressed made it clear that she wasn't a student of Chiba Academy.

"I'm Hanabi, just call me Hanabi. Raiden Mei, I'm here to find you to save this city that's about to be destroyed."

Ignoring Kiana's angry expression, Hanabi smiled and extended her right hand to Raiden Mei, inviting her.

Thunder in the Sky: Chapter 10: The Soul of Chuunibyou

"Save, this city?"

Hanabi's words touched Mei Raiden's middle school soul. She had once imagined a scenario where she would become a savior or a hero, saving the world and defeating the devil.

But reality is reality, not a fantasy novel. How could such a setting as a demon king and a hero exist in reality?

Until today, a girl who can change her appearance in an instant and can disguise herself to be exactly the same as the real person stood in front of her and extended an invitation to her.

"No problem. What do you want me to do? Is there a power of salvation hidden within me? I need a special key to unlock this power."

With a charming gleam in her eyes, Mei Raiden grabbed Hanabi's hands, with an impatient look on her face.

As expected, when God bestows a great responsibility on a person, he must first make his heart and mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry and empty.

His father, Raiden Ryoma, was arrested and imprisoned. All his former friends distanced themselves from him and he was bullied and excluded at school.

There are indeed reasons for all of this, just like those online novels, which are about admiration at first and praise at last. All these sufferings are for the present, in order to awaken one's power to save the world.

At this moment, in Mei Raiden's mind, she had already begun to imagine that after she saved the world, all those who had excluded and bullied her would kneel down at her feet and shout "Queen of Thunder".

"Ahem, you do have hidden power in you, but I'm sorry, it's not the power of salvation, at least not now. It's a terrifying power that can destroy an entire city and even threaten all of humanity."

Although Mei Raiden's middle school second year personality had already been revealed in the plot of Honkai Impact 3rd, Hanabi didn't expect that she would be so enthusiastic about this kind of thing.

Just a simple mention caused such a big reaction from Mei Raiden. She even acted like she had already imagined the subsequent plot to be completed. It was really interesting.

It’s a pity that Mei Raiden is destined to be disappointed. Reality is neither a game nor a novel. There is no absolute right or wrong in reality, nor is there a simple and clear-cut black and white opposition.

To become a hero and defeat the devil cannot be achieved by just fantasy. What's more, to a certain extent, the existence of Mei Raiden itself is a devil that destroys the daily lives of humans.

"Threatening all of humanity, me? Turns out I'm the villain..."

Not being able to get the answer she wanted, and even getting the completely opposite answer, made Mei Raiden lose her spirit all of a sudden.

It turns out that the so-called ups and downs don't exist at all. Life is just ups and downs...

As a demon king, perhaps, she could not get more from the beginning, and only loneliness belonged to her.

"Mei, don't listen to her nonsense. How could someone as gentle and beautiful as Mei be a villain? No matter what happens, I will always protect you. I swear on Kaslana's name."

Although she didn't understand what Mei Raiden and Hanabi said at all, Kiana could still see the changes in Mei Raiden's emotions.

When Mei Raiden was feeling down because her fantasy was shattered, Kiana hugged her and made a solemn promise.

"Raiden Mei, I'm here for the dangerous power within you. Give me your power. Once you lose this uncontrollable power, you won't have to regret hurting others anymore."

Mei Raiden was originally just an innocent girl. She could live a carefree life and lead an ordinary life happily with her friends every day.

Carrying the lives of countless people, carrying the guilt of hurting others, carrying the burden of saving the world, and experiencing countless separations and pains.

Perhaps, after so many experiences, Mei Raiden will be able to grow, become reliable, and become stronger and more mature.

But the price was too high. She didn't have to go through all this and could have grown up slowly and carefree.

And now, she has such an opportunity.

The essence of joy is happiness. Laughing at other people's ugly behavior is joy, making fun of other people's mentality is joy, and fighting for a better world is also joy.

The opposite of joy is tragedy, so Hanabi doesn't like bad endings. She likes happy endings the most, which is the greatest joy.

"Why should we trust you? You appeared next to Meiyi out of nowhere and ate my lunch. You look suspicious no matter how you look at it."

Kiana hugged Raiden Mei tightly, enjoying Raiden Mei's soft body while stroking her rumbling stomach and glaring at Hanabi.

"Yes, the bento that Mei made was delicious. I ate it all without leaving a single grain of rice."